Journey Weavers Educational Travel in Ithaca, New York and Aventuras Yemaya in San Jose, Costa Rica offer a wide variety of domestic and international travel opportunities. We offer outdoor adventure, hiking, birding, language, and cultural programs for the general public, for women only, and for the lesbian/gay/bi/trans and their allies community. In addition, we can set up internships, volunteer opportunities, and individually designed programs.

When she was 80 years old, Ruth Kahn, from Trumansburg, New York and her daughter, Hannah from San Francisco, California joined 4 other women already in Costa Rica to spend Christmas Eve hiking the tallest mountain in Costa Rica. Ruth is shown here with their guide, Roxana Arroya, a lawyer, lover of nature, poet, and well known athlete in Costa Rica who led the trip which included 4 days on the mountain. The mountain, over 12,000 feet at its highest point was a test of skill, physical conditioning and determination.

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NOTE:  As of January 2009, 1% of the cost of each trip will be used to support local Costa Rican projects -- helping women get their products to the market, buying a specific tool or machine that they need, supporting the development of small enterprises with young people, providing bicycles for rural children, donating books and school supplies to Indigenous children, etc...

 Travel Insurance:  We recommend that you carry insurance against unexpected  changes in your travel plans.  Journeyweavers has partnered with Travel Insured International and can facilitate setting up the appropriate travel insurance for your trip.  Contact us for further information.